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Pronoun Party
In this parts of speech worksheet, students replace the nouns in 10 sentences with the appropriate pronouns from the word bank. Students also write 2 original sentences using pronouns appropriately.
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African American Concentration
Students increase their awareness of the important contributions made by individuals throughout history by discussing African American history month. They then play Concentration by matching the picture and name of a famous African...
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Location, Location, Location: Using a Grid to Determine Context
Seventh graders are introduced to making inferences about artifacts. Using a grid system, they locate the artifacts and determine where they originated from. They use this information to make conclusions about the way people lived...
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Ocean Water
For this ocean water worksheet, students will look at how oceans affect us, how oceans originated, and what oceans are made up of. This worksheet has 15 fill in the blank questions.
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Plot the x-y Coordinates on the Grids Below
In this coordinate grid graphing instructional activity, students plot the given points onto each of 6 coordinate grids. All points are located in quadrant 1. One point is plotted on each grid. Answers are given by clicking the...
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Kente Cloth
Students explore patterns and identify, extend, and translate color patterns. They discuss the origin and function of Kente cloth from Ghana, and discuss the patterns they see in students' clothing. Students color in a variety of...
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Where Should It Go? Recycle? Compost? Incinerate? Landfill?
Students discuss what happens to trash after it is collected. They sort "clean" trash into groups depending on whether it should be recycled, incinerated, placed in a landfill, composted or if it is something we could avoid using.
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Kentucky Coal, Reclamation and Subsidence
Middle schoolers read and discuss the information that they read on the "Kentucky Coal, Reclamation and Subsidence." They then answer questions in reference to the reading. Some questions that students answer are: What is...
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Patterns with Decimals
Fifth graders are given a set of manipulatives to use to develop patterns. In groups, they follow the directions to determine which blocks go with which pattern and put them into the correct sequence. To end the lesson, they complete a...
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The History of Life
In this Earth's history activity, learners will complete 5 true or false questions based on the early history of the Earth. Students will match 7 fossil vocabulary words to their definitions. Learners will complete 4 short answer...
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Comparing and Ordering Fractions
In this fractions worksheet, 4th graders compare four sets of fractions and place the greater or lesser sign between each set. Students write eight sets of fractions from the least to the greatest on the lines provided.
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Soda Pop Straws
Students sketch a still life picture. In this sketching lesson, students create a still life image using a cup and straws. Students create an original piece of art.
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Draw Johann Sebastian Bach
Young scholars sketch a portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach. In this portrait lesson, students discover the elements of drawing a face. Young scholars manipulate curved lines and shading to create an original piece of art.
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Father Time
Pupils create a memory book and acrostic poem for Father's Day. In this Father's Day lesson, students appreciate unique things their fathers do for them. Pupils create an original project for their father.
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Asian Americans: Where Do They Come From?
Students identify 15 places (14 countries plus Hawaii) from which large populations of Asian Americans originate. They create a graph to help themselves visualize the places from which large populations of Asian Americans originate. Then...
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You are Invited to a Virtual Dinner
Students create place settings for a dinner to celebrate the school's diversity. They invite older members of the community to join. They discuss culture during the dinner.
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THE HUMBLE Beginnings of the Hamburger
Students listen to numerous claims concerning the hamburger's origins and then compose an original tall tale on the subject. Students name some tall tales they have heard or read about. Students make books that feature tall tales...
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How Close Can We Get?
Fourth graders guide themselves through the traditional outline structure by reassembling papers, which have been cut into separate sentences. They see how close they've come to the original paper and evaluate their achievement.
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Dragons Of China And Japan
Students create drawings of dragons that could be found in the art of Japan or China. The instructional activity involves two-days of instruction and leads to student examples of dragons four-times larger than the originals.
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Fossil Evidence
Students evaluate each other's fossil imprints and they try to identify the original object. They comprehend the importance of accuracy in identifying a fossil imprint. Students create an answer sheet that has space for the names of the...
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Geometry /Tessellations
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of tessellations and how they are formed using angles. They categorize how different patterns do and not tessellate and separate them into two different places for assessment. The teacher draws...
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Building a Food Pyramid
Students review the concept of the food pyramid that has been taught by the classroom teacher. They have a classroom discussion of the food pyramid; understanding the importance of a healthy diet. Students create an original food pyramid.
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Immigration and American Life on African-Americans
Students examine how human migration started in Africa, and draw maps of Africa and place the names of the countries and capitals on the maps. They write essays on how Africans came to America.
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Corps of Discovery
Students assess their knowledge of the Corps of Discovery through a written pretest, follow the journey of Lewis and Clark on the internet, record data on events, dates, places, people, animals, distance traveled, and geographic...